Human Remains Found in Texas Home Connect Mom and Child Missing Since 2022 Lead to Davis-jr Arrest

After human remains connected to a missing persons case were discovered at a Texas property, a man was taken into custody and charged with murder.

According to a Facebook announcement from the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Michael Dean Davis Jr. was arrested and charged in Laredo, Texas, on November 12 in relation to the finding of human remains discovered at a Buffalo, Texas, property on October 22.

The announcement stated that the search was conducted at the residence as part of an inquiry into the disappearance of an adult and child on June 19. In July 2022, the family last saw the adult and kid.

Michael Dean Davis Jr. was successfully arrested in Laredo on November 12 on suspicion of Murder and was transported to the Webb County Jail,” the sheriff’s office said.

The Laredo Police Department, the U.S. Marshals and the sheriff’s Office were tipped off that Davis was living with his missing son at a residence near Cuatro Vientos in south Laredo, the Laredo Morning Times reported.

The boy was found unharmed at the time of Davis’ arrest and he was sent to Child Protective Services, according to the outlet.

“Multiple agencies worked together in order to coordinate the arrest of Davis and the safe recovery of a missing and endangered child,” the Laredo police said in their statement.